Cortical and subcortical constructs of the Dean-Woodcock Sensory Motor Battery: A construct validity study

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1157-1171

  Davis, Andrew S ^a   Finch, Holmes W ^a   Dean, Raymond S ^a   Woodcock, Richard W ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Measurement/Learning/Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Exploratory factor analysis; Sensory motor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEAN WOODCOCK SENSORY MOTOR BATTERY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PROMAX ROTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY SKILL; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION;

EID: 33749998607     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450500513955     Document Type: Article

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